The Arab American News
Author's Posts
Beheaded guardian of Palmyra was hostage like the city itself
ISIS has killed "the guardian of Palmyra." Tortured for a month and then beheaded for refusing to betray the secret location of the Roman’s city’s priceless artifacts, Khaled al-Asaad’s gruesome death has appalled his fellow archeologists. “ a joyful guy. You had to see him if you went to Palmyra. He was a guardian of the...Immigration relief “DACA” is good for everybody
The third anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is bittersweet. On the one hand, DACA improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of undocumented people brought into the U.S. by their parents by protecting them from deportation. On the other hand, it is only a temporary measure that is deeply resented by a...On voting … And not
The campaigning for next year’s elections is starting to draw more attention and with it comes a focus on voters and their mood. Which is all well and good, but it leaves out of the equation one large bloc of citizens: people who are eligible to vote, but don’t. Over the years, a fair number of people I’ve encountered have...Chelsea Manning found guilty of violating military prison rules
WASHINGTON — Soldier Chelsea Manning, who is serving 35 years in a military prison for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, was found guilty on Tuesday of violating jail rules and given three weeks of recreation curbs, the American Civil Liberties Union said. The former intelligence analyst was convicted in 2013 of providing...
Justice Mary Beth Kelly to leave Michigan Supreme Court
August 21st, 20150 KellyLANSING — Michigan Supreme Court Justice Mary Beth Kelly is leaving her position on the bench. Kelly's retirement is effective Oct. 1. Kelly's advocacy on juvenile justice issues has had a major impact on the state and she has been instrumental in shaping innovative specialty courts meant to rehabilitate drug offenders and...
Detroit organizations to hold open soccer tournament
August 21st, 20150 DETROIT — Community organizations will hold a soccer tournament during National Welcoming Week, which celebrates diversity and immigrants' contributions. The event, which will take place at Clark Park in Southwest Detroit on Sept. 13, is organized by Global Detroit and Welcoming Michigan. Teams and players of all ages and...
Dearborn Heights residents: lack of services to blame for pests
August 21st, 20150 A Raccoon in the attack of a Dearborn Heights home. DEARBORN HEIGHTS – The summer season always tends to bring along a handful of unwanted animals. In Dearborn Heights, however, skunks, raccoons and possums have dominated certain neighborhoods like never before. Residents claim pests are taking over their streets and that lack...
92 schools located in polluted non-attainment area
August 21st, 20150 DEARBORN — Ninety-two schools are located in the area of Wayne County failing to meet federal standards for sulfur dioxide, according to a list forwarded to The Arab American News by the Sierra Club. Two of the schools on the list include Salina Elementary and Salina Intermediate Schools. Both are located in Dearborn's southend. The...
Littering in Dearborn still a major issue, despite recent initiatives
August 21st, 20150 Schaefer Rd. in east Dearborn.DEARBORN – This week, the city announced a clean up initiative that has been in full swing all summer long in an attempt to remove litter from the streets. Residents have expressed concerns in the past that litter has turned many parts of Dearborn into an eyesore. But now, city officials appear to be...New York man plotted to harm Muslims, Obama with X-ray device
ALBANY, N.Y. — A Ku Klux Klan member conspired to use a remote-controlled X-ray device hidden in a truck, which he called "Hiroshima on a light switch", as a weapon of mass destruction to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday. But a lawyer for Glendon Scott Crawford said at the start of his trial...
Hefty auto insurance rates in Dearborn a burden on residents
August 21st, 20150 AAA Headquarters in Dearborn.DEARBORN — High auto insurance prices in Dearborn are becoming an economic burden on residents and pushing some motorists to drive illegally without coverage. The loss ratio for insurance companies hikes the rates. All drivers have to suffer because of the high costs of past claims.Ali Khalifeh, an agent...
Candidate’s social media posts raise concern about anti-Muslim bigotry
August 21st, 20150 DEARBORN — Concerns are being raised about the social media posts of a candidate in the race for Michigan’s 15th House District. Dorn Zurawski, a lifelong Dearborn resident, is accused of making derogatory and racist remarks about Arabs and Muslims on social media. One Facebook post features a woman wearing the Niqab who...Oklahoma man at ‘Muslim Free’ gun store accidentally shoots himself
OKLAHOMA CITY — A man helping out at a self-proclaimed "Muslim Free" gun store in the rural town of Oktaha, Oklahoma, accidentally shot himself in the arm after dropping his gun, authorities said on Wednesday. The man involved in the Tuesday incident has not been identified and his injuries are not life-threatening, Muskogee County...
Young Dearborn man commits suicide
August 20th, 20150 Khodor Abbas. Photo: FacebookDEARBORN— Khodor Abbas, the Dearborn 20-year-old man who died on Tuesday night, committed suicide, according to a police source. A community member familiar with the situation also confirmed that the young man killed himself. Abbas' family had told The Arab American News that he died in a car accident...Avoid tickets by keeping cars off street on Public Service Days
DEARBORN—In order for Dearborn to keep streets clean and maintain high neighborhood standards, the city has begun a new season of Public Service Days.Parking rules will be enforced. Residents are required to keep parked vehicles off neighborhood streets from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on their trash days, which are also Public Service......
We should be better neighbors
Children playing at night in a Dearborn street.Dearborn has a rich, diverse culture— a hybrid of the Middle East and the Midwest that can manifest itself in tasty food, welcoming faces and exuberant atmospheres. But not all is great. Our enthusiasm and liveliness are turning into chaos. Our tendency to be loud and stay up late...
Detroit Jewish community shocked by child porn case
August 20th, 20150 WEST BLOOMFIELD—On Monday, a federal magistrate denied bond for Matthew Kuppe, the 21-year-old man who worked as a camp counselor at the Detroit Jewish Community Center (JCC). Kuppe is accused of taking photos of naked young boys in a locker room while working as a counselor. He was......
Escaped tiger recaptured in old Detroit factory
August 20th, 20150 DETROIT — Police in Detroit confirmed a tiger was on the loose in a disused plant on the east side of the city and it has now been recaptured. Detroit police said the tiger escaped from a British film crew Monday while they were shooting footage inside the old Packard Plant and the crew was unable to recapture the big...Blast near Cairo state security building wounds six
CAIRO — At least six people were wounded early on Thursday in a car bombing near a state security building and courthouse in a Cairo suburb, security sources said.The sources, who inspected the site of the blast in Shubra al-Khaima, said there was a burned-out vehicle and crater.Comments on Twitter indicated the blast was heard...
No charges for ICE agent who fatally shot 20-year-old
August 19th, 20150 DETROIT—On Wednesday, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced that Mitchell Quinn, the ICE agent who fatally shot 20-year-old Terrence Kellom will not face charges in the Detroit resident’s death.Worthy said that forensic evidence and the testimony of some people at the scene showed the killing of...
Former aide discusses details of Lansing sex scandal
August 19th, 20150 LANSING—Joshua Cline, a former staffer for state Reps. Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat opened up about the legislators’ affair this week at a press conference. The scandal has rocked Lansing and the state legislature. Courser and Gamrat are both married with children. The two Tea Party......
Zimmerman to sell Confederate flag painting to help ‘Muslim-free’ gunshop
August 18th, 20150 George ZimmermanGeorge Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, is raffling off a painting he made of a Confederate flag to raise money for a Florida gunshop owner who declared his store a Muslim-free zone.Zimmerman, who gained notoriety during his trial for killing...Undercover Detroit police car stolen
A 2015 Ford Fusion DETROIT — When your car gets stolen, you call the police. But when a police car gets stolen, who do they call? An undercover officer was confronted with that question when his unmarked car was stolen from Detroit's northwest side last night. The police are not announcing the exact location where the car was......
Lebanon arrests fugitive cleric Ahmed al-Assir
AssirBEIRUT - Lebanese authorities say they have arrested a fugitive extremist cleric who was wanted on suspicion of being involved in a deadly shootout with government troops last year.Two senior security officials say Ahmed al-Assir was detained on Saturday at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport as he was trying to flee the...Study: Walking while texting slows you down
Texting while driving is clearly a bad idea, but it may be dangerously distracting while walking, too, a new study suggests. Researchers asked 30 people to navigate an obstacle course three times and found they were significantly slower while texting and walking than when completing the route without any distractions. When the......